GK 51

1. Where in the world would you pay a tax on blueberries?

a) Nova Scotia
b) Maine
c) Ontario
d) Vermont

The correct answer is b) Maine

2. On March 31, 1990, hundreds and thousands of Brits engaged in violent protest against a new tax. What kind of tax was it?

a) Tax on conkers
b) Beer tax
c) Divorce tax
d) Poll tax

The correct answer is d) Poll tax

3. The American income tax filing deadline is April 15, and Canadians have until April 30 to get their returns in. Consequently, the April air in North America is filled with moaning and groaning about tax burdens. To hear them tell it, they pay the highest taxes anywhere; but they don't. In 2009, who will shell out the most in income taxes?

a) Swedes
b) Danes
c) Brits
d) French

The correct answer is b) Danes
4. If you don't want to pay any tax on income, you call the movers and head for which European state?

a) Bulgaria
b) Monaco
c) Russia
d) Ukraine

The correct answer is b) Monaco

5. Tsar Peter the Great (Peter I) was determined to drag Russia out of the Middle Ages into modern times and embarked on re-organizing the entire country into what he determined to be a civilized state. To pay for all the improvements, he invented all sorts of new taxes, one of the strangest of which was...

a) A tax on beards
b) A tax on embroidery
c) A tax on troikas
d) A tax on borscht

The correct answer is a) A tax on beards

6. In North Carolina you are required to pay a tax on illegal drugs.

a) True
b) False

The correct answer is a) True

7. In which country would you have paid a window tax in the 17th century?

a) Spain
b) Italy
c) The Netherlands
d) England

The correct answer is d) England